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Study Abroad Program
STUDY IN ENGLISH, LIVE IN ARGENTINA
This program is specially designed for undergraduate students of universities around the world who want to be immersed a semester or more in an academic experience at Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM). Classes will be enriched by getting foreign students together with Argentinean students sharing their backgrounds and upbringing. This would provide a unique multicultural learning environment with the highest academic level. Not only will students attend courses to learn Spanish but also they will be part of courses in English from different areas of the schools from which they will transfer credits to their home universities. Classes will be held at our campus located in San Martin district.
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1. WHY UNSAM OF ALL UNIVERSITIES?
Because we offer…
The highest level of academic achievement
Academic exchanges
Community commitment
Cultural activities
Closeness to Buenos Aires city
UNSAM is an Argentinean state university founded in 1992, which has become a leader in
academic training, research, cultural development and social transformation. More than a
hundred undergraduate and graduate programs in a variety of fields are offered, including:
Science and Technology, with degrees in the diverse subfields of Engineering, such as
Biotechnology, Telecommunications, Electronic, Environmental Studies, Materials, Energy,
Biomedicine, Agro-biotechnology and Industrial.
Humanities and Social Sciences, including Economics, Political Sciences, Anthropology,
Sociology, History, Philosophy, Local Development, and more.
Arts, covering areas such as Circus, Contemporary Dance, Photography, Documentaries,
Object and Puppet Theatre, Cultural Heritage, Preservation and Restoration.
At UNSAM, most daily academic activities take place at Miguelete Campus. The university
campus is built around the former railway lines, and it has become a privileged space for
teaching, research, cultural development and social interaction among members of the UNSAM
community. Most of the schools and institutes, as well as the library and the university
government, are located on campus.
The city of Buenos Aires is only twenty minutes away. Buenos Aires is well-known for its cultural
diversity and lively atmosphere, making it one of South America's most exciting and vibrant
cities. The city's history revolves around Western European immigrants, whose influences can
be seen all throughout the city in its architecture, art, and style. Buenos Aires holds countless
opportunities for students to experience the diverse culture of Argentina. Students can attend
soccer games, world-class theatrical and dance performances, and participate in a vibrant
nightlife. Many students will find themselves intrigued by the unique Argentine accent and the
national dance, the Tango.
2. ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2015
Language immersion: July 1 to August 7
Courses: August 10 to November 27
Holidays
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3. ADMISSION
In order to apply to Study Abroad Program at UNSAM all students are required to present the
following paperwork by e-mail to: [email protected]
Application Form
Personal Statement
Updated Transcript of home university
Curriculum Vitae
Letter of Recommendation
Health and Life Insurance
Visa (if required)
English Test **
** As all courses will be taught in English an advanced level is required. Non-English speaker
students must provide proof of sufficiency in English. For more information contact us at
Important Dates!
Students beginning courses in August 2015 should send their Application from February
1 until June 30, 2015.
Students taking Spanish Language Immersion courses should send their Application
from February 1 until May 20, 2015.
For further information and guidance on the procedures applicants can contact Study
Abroad Team.
4. LANGUAGE IMMERSION PERIOD
July 1 to August 7, 2015
The Intensive Spanish Language Program is designed with courses at the beginning,
intermediate and advanced language levels, and offers a combination of Spanish grammar,
conversation and introduction to the local culture. During this period students will cover two
levels of Spanish. An on-line level test will be offered upon request.
SPANISH I
It is a basic language class designed for students who enter with some or no previous
knowledge of Spanish. Emphasis on basic grammar structures (present, progressive present
and past tenses, verbs ser, estar, tener, haber, gustar, commands, nominal agreement, direct
and indirect pronouns, comparatives, por-para and introduction to subjunctive) and core
vocabulary. There will be activities of conversation on familiar topics, as well as reading and
writing activities.
Prerequisite: Placement Test*
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SPANISH II
It is an intensive language class designed for students with good basic knowledge of Spanish.
This is a fast paced course. Emphasis on basic-to-intermediate grammar structures (uses of
simple and progressive present and past tenses, verbs ser, estar, tener, haber, gustar,
adjectives and nouns agreement, commands, direct and indirect pronouns usage,
comparatives, por-para, future tense, present subjunctive) and core vocabulary. There will be
activities of conversation on familiar topics, as well as reading and writing activities.
Prerequisites: Two or more years of High School Spanish, Spanish I, or Placement Test*.
SPANISH III
It is designed for students who enter with good intermediate knowledge of Spanish. Emphasis
on intermediate grammar structures (future and conditional tenses, present and past
subjunctive, relative and other pronouns, impersonal se). Expansion of core vocabulary. There
will be activities of conversation and debates on general topics, as well as reading and writing
activities.
Prerequisites: Spanish II or Placement Test*
*Students interested in taking Spanish courses must complete the Spanish Placement
Test before arrival and send it to:[email protected] . There will be an oral interview
upon arrival.
5. COURSES
August 10 to November 27
SPANISH LANGUAGE
SPANISH I *
SPANISH II *
SPANISH III *
*The Spanish courses objectives are the same that those corresponding to Language
Immersion Period.
LITERATURE & ARTS
20TH CENTURY LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE The course program has been conceived as an intensive approach to the literary and
nonliterary origins of the selected masterpieces, their aesthetic features and their national
contexts.
20TH CENTURY ARGENTINEAN & LATIN AMERICAN ART
This course will touch upon the historical, social and political background of the time. The focus
of the course will be on the following movements: Muralism, Constructivism, Surrealism,
Sculptures, Neo-surrealism, Happenings, Conceptual Art and Kinetic Art.
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ARGENTINE CINEMA
This course will analyze the elements, the mechanics and the social impact of different types of
audiovisual productions, both commercial and auteur. The objective then, is to encourage a
reflexive and critical analysis of these productions, and to underpin the importance of film to
transfer language and culture.
BORGES & THE NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE
This course will analyze from a comparative perspective the literature of Jorge Luis Borges and
that of the United States, considering the philosophical context and beliefs of the Argentine
author. It will also discuss a film about the author's key issues: determinism, chance and
freedom.
LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE & ARTS: THE USE OF MAGIC REALISM
Within the framework of the literary movement of Magical Realism, this course will analyze the
following literary works: Magical Realism in Spanish American Fiction (1955) by Angel
Flores, The Lost Steps (1956) by Alejo Carpentier, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) by
Gabriel García Marquez, and The Stories of Eva Luna (1989) by Isabel Allende. In addition, it
aims at studying the artistic works of Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) and Fernando Botero (1932).
LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM
Literary studies and its fields of enquiry: theory, criticism, and history. The origins of literary
theory. The literary theory as a modern and independent field of studies. Reference and self-
reference in literary discourse. New narrative and its reappraisal of structural models. French
and Russian theories of intertextuality. Post-structuralism in literary theory. The reader as a new
literary category. Literary criticism and its relationship to literary theory. Critical traditions.
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
General remarks about history, society and culture in the Middle Ages. The particularity of
medieval texts: production, transmission, and manuscript form. The problem of medieval literary
genres. The development of vernacular literatures (8th - 15th centuries). Origins and
development of medieval European epic. Occitan poetry. Courtly French (12th century).
Arthurian traditions. Old French prose cycles (13th century). Reinterpretation of Middle English
romances. Didactic and doctrinal discourse. Allegorical literature and literary 'realism'. European
literature in a context of crisis.
NARRATIVE & POSTMODERN SHORT FICTION
This course is based on an analysis of contemporary fiction in Short Stories, from the
perspective of the Postmodernist Theory. It will include different contents related to the
theoretical framework that supports the aesthetic and thematic change of the postmodern text,
and the way postmodern narrative modifies and enriches the rubrics of modernism through
literary and linguistic strategies from a multicultural perspective.
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SELECTED READINGS ON THE CONTEMPORARY REFLECTION ABOUT LANGUAGE
Various approaches to the reflection on language will be shown through the reading of central
chapters of books on different fields. These texts discuss viewpoints on language which
shaped the contemporary understanding of it. The course will encourage active learning by
means of critical reading.
ECONOMICS
COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
This course will focus on the development from a comparative, economic historical perspective
which covers different countries and different political systems over the last sixty years.
Assessment of state planning development experiences and of development programs through
the intertwined relation between the private sector and the state. Examination of commodity
export economies and their development pattern in the beginning of XX century. The Import
Substitution Industrialization strategy and export-oriented strategies in underdeveloped
economies. Different trade and finance strategies adopted in the 1970s onwards in Latin
America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Development in Sub-Saharan countries. Development
experiences in transmission economies.
ECONOMIC HISTORY OF BRASIL: FROM COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE BRICS
The aim of the course is to provide an overview of the long-term development of the Brazilian
economy, exploring the causes of economic growth and structural transformation in different
periods. It particularly focuses on the historical development of two sets of relationships: that
between the Brazilian and the global economy and that between economic and political
processes.
ECONOMIC HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA
The aim of the course is to identify and appraise the origins and outcomes of successive
῾models of development’ in Latin America since the late nineteenth century.
HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
History of Economic Thought is essential for the understanding the development of market
economies since the different paradigms developed in the past are useful for anyone trying to
interpret contemporary economic phenomena, even for those tackling questions of immediate
relevance.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN LATIN AMERICA
This course deals with the following topics: International trade in earlier economic thought;
Static comparative advantage and traditional neoclassical theory of international trade; new
theories; the structuralist school, CEPAL, unequal exchange theory; Balance of payments
constraints, exchange rates teories and the unbalanced productive structures; Neo-structuralist
and neo Schumpeterian; Globalization and multicultural trade agreements; Regional and trade
blocs; International Crisis.
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MICROECONOMICS
Introduction. Marginalist and classical theories of value and distribution. The method of long-
period positions in economic analysis. Normal price and quantities magnitudes in classical
theory. Simple and joint production. The problem of choice of techniques in classical price
theory. Different data used in marginalist and classical price theories. The basic tenets of
neoclassical theory. Consumption, utility and demand. Production, production sets and the
problem of optimization. General equilibrium: long-period neoclassical versions and neo-
Walrasian versions. The intertemporal general equilibrium and temporary general equilibrium
models. The difficulty associated with the problem of capital in marginalist theory. The
Cambridge capital theory controversies of the 1960s. Abandonment of the long-period versions
of neoclassical theory and adoption of neo-Walrasian models in pure mainstream economic
theory. Methodological difficulties in the intertemporal and temporary general equilibrium
models. Competition, oligopoly and monopoly. Alternative approaches to market competition.
The Schumpeterian concept of competition.
PHILOSOPHY & EPISTEMOLOGY IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
The course deals with both the classical and the contemporary debates on epistemology and
economics, economics’ philosophical foundations, economics’ relationship with sociology. It
also takes into account the increasing importance of the North American approach to
economics from the Second World War on, especially about the theoretical structures and the
role of empirical evidence. Finally, Latin American contemporary economic thought is also
discussed.
HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCES
ARGENTINE HISTORY
The native peoples of Argentina. Economic, political and cultural changes due to colonization.
Revolution and War of Independence. Expansion of the Buenos Aires livestock. Emerging
local authorities and struggles for the organization. The Confederation Rosista. National unity,
construction of the state. Export economies. Immigration, new social composition. Conservative
regime, social and political protest. Construction of nationality. First World War, effects and
crisis. The Radical Party. Conservative Restoration. Second World War effects. The Peronist
experience.
ARGENTINE POLITICS
This course will deal with Argentine politics from the generation of the 37 up to these days.
ANTI-IMPERIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA
Anti-imperialism is a fundamental dimension of Latin American ideological and cultural tradition.
Essential aspects of political dynamics of recent years have contributed to re-centre it, with
consequences on different areas.
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CARIBBEAN HISTORY: FROM COLUMBUS TO FIDEL CASTRO
This course will delve into the study of the conquests, imperial domination, and rebellions
suffered by the region from the discovery of America to the Cuban Revolution. Throughout the
course emphasis will be given to the rich and complex history marked by conquest, blood, and
revolution.
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES
The field of comparative politics: key concepts and methods. First approaches to comparative
politics: the paradigm of modernization and its critics and socio-historical studies. Recent
approaches: neo-institutionalism theory of rational action, the state-centric approach, studies of
social movements and the synergistic approach. Contemporary issues in comparative politics:
authoritarianism and democracy, political reforms and public policies and state-society relations.
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
A comprehensive course examining major political/geographical/social/economic features of
Latin American past and present. Key issues which may divide or unite the distinctive Latin
American countries will be highlighted.
LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS
This course will analyze the following topics: Politics and economics under the conservative
order, the rise of mass politics - its various forms, industrialization by import substitution and
state intervention in the economy, modernization, authoritarianism and democracy, revolution,
guerrillas and the left, debt crisis and adjustment policies, emergency and functioning of new
democracies.
LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL POLICIES: THE CONSTRUCTION OF FAMILY AND CHILD WELFARE.
This course explores family, childhood and citizenship constructed in Latin American Welfare
Regimes. Children’s Welfare and Children’s Rights in Latin America. Interdisciplinary focus:
anthropology, sociology, history and cultural studies. State, family and childhood. Children’s
welfare in Latin American in the 20th century. The International Covenant on Children’s Rights
and its impact in Latin America. Human Rights movements in the Southern Cone. The post
neoliberal state. Conditional Cash Transfer programs and the scope of citizenship. Mothers,
children and new forms of regulation.
MEMORY, CHILDHOOD AND DICTATORSHIP IN ARGENTINA
What is a “normal” childhood under a dictatorship? Focusing on the last Argentine military
dictatorship (1976 – 83), the seminar examines the memory of childhood experience in
sociocultural, historiographic and cinematographic approaches. Topics include childhood as
political subject, public policy aimed at children, children of the disappeared and everyday life.
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VIOLENCE, VICTIMS AND JUSTICE: AN APPROACH TO HUMANITARIAN ACTIVISM AND TO THE PRODUCTION OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY.
This course proposes a reading of the literature on critical events on how State, families and
transnational agencies are mobilized in denouncing violation to human rights and the production
of collective memories about these events. The main topics are: the nation-state and the
production of violence, social processes on the construction of the figures: victim, survivor,
witness and expert, conformation of moral communities around the activism of family members
and victims of violence, the management of social suffering and the humanitarian government,
humanitarian activism.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
ANTHROPOLOGY OF POLITICS
This course focuses on the relations among politics, violence and resistance. Using different
approaches, it explores new forms of political control and governance, such as the refugee
camps, new forms of activism and mobilizations, such as victim’s collective movements and
humanitarian civil associations, transnational forms of activism such as human rights activism,
violence in extraordinary moments and in everyday life and the place of compassion in currently
politics.
CLASSICAL THEORIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY
The colonial setting and the origins of modern Anthropology. Central and peripheral
anthropologies. Evolutionism in the UK, the USA, continental Europe and Argentina. Franz
Boas and the rise of cultural anthropology. Ethnography and the methodological revolution of
the turn of the century.
HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
Periodization of Medieval Philosophy; Classical thought. Platonism, Neoplatonism and
Aristotelianism in the Middle Ages. Division of medieval learning: trivium and quadrivium.
Philosophy and theology. Transmission of learning. Augustine of Hippo. The problem of
universals. Porphyry's Isagoge. Boethius' commentaries. Anselm of Canterbury. Peter Abelard.
The rediscovery of Aristotle in the West. Arabic tradition of commentaries on Aristotle. Thomas
Aquinas. The condemnation of 1277. Discussions on the eternity of the world and the unity of
the intellect. John Duns Scotus. William of Ockham. Nominalism and realism in the Fourteenth
century. Nicolaus Cusanus. Humanism and Renaissance.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN SOUTH AMERICA: A VIEW FROM ANTROPOLOGY
This course deals with two main topics: the histories and cultures of Indigenous Peoples
in South America and the contemporary political movements included in so-called "Indian
resurgence". Issues of hegemony and resistance, ethnicity, race, class, frontier, evangelization,
nationalization, genocide, empowering, representation as they are structurally conditioned by
State and market practices. Cases featuring the peoples Shuar, Aymara, Kayapó, Qom,
Mapuche will be discussed.
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METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Social research: functions, methodologies and techniques. Types of social research:
exploratory, descriptive and explanatory; experimental, quasi-experimental, non-experimental,
quantitative and qualitative strategies. Research process: problem formulation and
assumptions. Operationalization and hypothesis testing. Validity and reliability. Techniques for
data acquisition. Elements of Sampling. Probabilistic and non-probabilistic samples. Research
Report: structure, development, style.
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
Fundamentals of statistics: quantitative and qualitative data. Descriptive and inferential
statistics. Discrete and continuous variables. Population and sample. Frequency distribution.
Index numbers. Variance and standard deviation. Probabilistic distribution: Probability. Concept.
Calculation of probabilities. Conditional Probability. Linear regression and correlation: concept
scatter plots. Graphics. Least squares method. Minimum square feet Interpretation of linear
regression parameter. The goodness of fit. Coefficient correlation and determination
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
Central characteristics of quantitative analysis in social research. Types of research design
(case studies, comparative historical method, and ethnographic analysis). Unity and levels of
analysis. Development of qualitative data. Techniques for the collection of information:
interviews, analysis groups, life histories, questionnaires, participant observation, secondary
sources, analysis of content. Processing and analysis of qualitative data: grids, charts,
tabulation.
SOCIAL & CULTURAL ANTROPOLOGY
The origin of modern Anthropology. The project of understanding and explaining human nature.
The universal and the particular. Nature and culture. Race and culture. Ethnocentrism and
relativism. Attitudes towards alterity: discrimination, racism, nationalism and cultural
fundamentalism. Culture, politics and hegemony. The ethnographic Project. Translation,
interpretation and understanding. The familiar and the strange: the construction of an
ethnographic perspective.
SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE
This course is intended to survey the field of cultural sociology focus on theoretical traditions
and central debates, in convergence with anthropology and cultural studies. Areas of research
viewing the polysemy of the concept of culture. Different theoretical and disciplinary
perspectives that have intended to study culture, in connection with notions of ideology,
hegemony and significance. Social imaginaries and cultural classifications; cultural industries,
communication media and new digital platforms; cultural consumption and cultural policies; and
the sociology of intellectuals.
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6. ARTS PROGRAM
As part of the Study Abroad Program, UNSAM offers the students the possibility to take classes
at the Institute of Arts "Mauricio Kagel". The Unit of Arts trains students in diverse expressions
and artistic languages, such as: circus art, contemporary dance, photography, documentaries,
objects and puppets theatre and music (floklore and tango). Well-know artists are part of our
teaching staff.
7. OTHER ACTIVITIES
Everyone is welcomed to attend UNSAM´s activities and public events!!
UNSAM offers everybody to be part of its community and enjoy the many activities that are held
at university Campus.
Every year UNSAM welcomes members of international academic community and encourages
the development of joint research programs, workshops and courses. A great number of events,
such as conferences and lectures are delivered every year by internationally renowned
specialists in their own fields.
At the same time, the UNSAM Institute of Arts “Mauricio Kagel” carries out several outreach
activities, such as concerts, plays, films, master classes, dance performances, and circus and
puppet theatre demonstrations.
Being a Study Abroad student you may also enjoy university facilities, as the Library and the
Cafeteria, as well as be part of our Sport and Welfare Program.
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8. VOLUNTEER WORK
We invite you to get involved and make a difference!
Located in a strategic area, the Campus Miguelete is a privileged space for local development
and cooperation between public and private sectors. Most of San Martin´s population belongs to
middle-low class sectors. In that context, the University goal is to support regional and national
development to strengthen the community needs through our Reach Out Program.
Each year many University students, faculty, University staff and local residents participate
together in a wide range of volunteer and service programs which cover many different areas,
such as Gender, Childhood, Disability, Environmental Issues, Popular Economy and Literacy,
among others.
At the same time, it is remarkable that, since 2008, UNSAM has created the University Center in
San Martin Penitentiary, where inmates along with the staff of the penitentiary service attend
classes of BA in Sociology, and participate in professional computer and baking workshops.
There are currently 165 students taking different courses at CUSAM.
The Study Abroad Program offers students the possibility of being part of these activities upon
request of your Home University. If you are interested in finding a volunteer opportunity while
completing your Study Abroad Program courses please contact us
Reach Out Program
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9. COSTS
These prices are indicative and they may vary. Student´s personal daily expenses, Health
insurance, Visa expenses and cultural extra-activities are not included in this price.
COSTS Until May 31 June 1 TO JULY 30
Registration Fee USD 100 USD 150
Tuition Fee (per course)
USD 600 USD 600
Intensive Language Immersion Program
USD 1300 USD 1300
UNSAM Housing* (per month)
USD 850 USD 850
Premium Health Insurance (per month)
USD 120 USD 120
Airport Pick-up Service
Available upon request
*UNSAM Housing services include housing at a family house, breakfast from Monday to
Sunday and dinner six times a week.
10. CONTACT US
For further information and guidance on the procedures applicants can
contact us at:
Study Abroad Program
Campus Miguelete, Edificio Tornavía
Avda. 25 de Mayo y Francia
(1650) San Martín, Pcia. De Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel. +54 11 4006-1500 – int. 1312